IT is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am all alone. In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hedger hies him home, Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star... The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White - Page 98by Henry Kirke White - 1840 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
| Isaac Watts - 1881 - 824 pages
...truth I know not why, SOLITUDE. IT is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan ; It is that I am...its breast. Yet when the silent evening sighs, With hallowed airs and symphonies, My spirit takes another tone, And sighs that it is all alone. The autumn... | |
| 1883 - 630 pages
...COMPLAINT AND A REPLY. THE COMPLAINT. ЭТ is not that my lot is low That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am...When pale the star looks on its breast. Yet when the eilent evening sighs, With hallowed airs and sympathies, My spirit takes another tone, And sighs that... | |
| English poetry - 1883 - 338 pages
...bliss returns to reign! ON SOLITUDE. IT is not that my lot is low, That bids the silent tear to flow; It is not grief that bids me moan; It is that I am all alone. HEBEB. In woods and glens I love to roam, 5 When the tired hedger hies him home; Or by the woodland... | |
| Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...keep 7 Henry Kirke White. SOLITUDE. IT is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am...its breast. Yet when the silent evening sighs, With hallowed airs and symphonies, My spirit takes another tone, And sighs that it is all alone. Henry Kirk... | |
| Arthur Campbell Ainger - 1884 - 154 pages
...deliciee. It is not that my lot is low. It is not that my lot is low That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am all alone. In woods and glens I love to roam, 5 When the tired hedger hies him home ; Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on... | |
| Sheldon and Company - English language - 1895 - 388 pages
...11. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to instruct, even our friends. 12. In woods and glens I love to roam When the tired hedger...Or by the woodland pool to rest When pale the star sleeps on its breast. — WHITE. 13. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on... | |
| Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 680 pages
...wherefore I am sad. SOLITUDE. IT Is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow; 7t is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am all...In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hcdgcr hies him home; Or by the woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on its breast. Yet... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...Or wherefore I am sad. SOLITUDE. IT is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am...woodland pool to rest, When pale the star looks on its bretit. Yet when the silent evening sighs, With hallowed airs and symphonies, My spirit takes another... | |
| Local history - 1910 - 274 pages
...ends with this touching verse : " It is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow ; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is — that I am all alone." For obvious reasons the name is omitted. Another, and the last : " Wanted to hire a Tenement in the... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1910 - 720 pages
...Serene the ills of life. SOLITUDE. IT is not that my lot is low, That bids this silent tear to flow; It is not grief that bids me moan, It is that I am all alcme. In woods and glens I love to roam, When the tired hedger hies him home; Or by the woodland pool... | |
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